SLPs in the U.S. serve an increasingly diverse population, including many children who are bilingual, and recent research has demonstrated the importance of understanding the linguistic skills of bilingual children in both their languages to avoid misdiagnosis of speech sound disorders. This webinar explores practical strategies for comprehensive assessment of Spanish-English bilingual children in educational settings, including the use of parent surveys, bilingual speech assessment procedures, appropriate use of standardized tests, and the alternative assessment procedures of language sampling and dynamic assessment. This webinar is intended for English-speaking and Spanish-English-speaking SLPs and will include ideas for working with interpreters in assessing bilingual children.

This issue of Perspectives is focused on ethical and cultural aspects in gerontology. The issue will offer a discussion of ethical and cultural issues impacting the aging population. Articles address the core bioethical tenets that support the work of geriatric clinicians, the role of the speech-language pathologist in end-of-life care, project-based therapy approaches that focus on promotion of advocacy, findings from a longitudinal posthumous study of letter-writing in an older adult, and the use of spaced retrieval in adults with dementia.

This issue of Perspectives covered: (a) background on the United States’ Arab population, linguistic features of Arabic, and implications for language interaction in the perception and production patterns of Levantine Arabic speakers, (b) phonological and syntactic structures of Persian and cross-linguistic interactions for second language speakers, and (c) information about the Turkish language and considerations for clinicians working with Turkish clients.

SLPs in the U.S. serve an increasingly diverse population, including many children who are bilingual, and recent research has demonstrated the importance of understanding the linguistic skills of bilingual children in both their languages to avoid misdiagnosis of speech sound disorders. This webinar explores practical strategies for comprehensive assessment of Spanish-English bilingual children in educational settings, including the use of parent surveys, bilingual speech assessment procedures, appropriate use of standardized tests, and the alternative assessment procedures of language sampling and dynamic assessment. This webinar is intended for English-speaking and Spanish-English-speaking SLPs and will include ideas for working with interpreters in assessing bilingual children.

This session will discuss the effects of poverty on low-socioeconomic-status (SES) children and investigate whether academic underachievement is caused by language impairment, environmental factors, or a combination of both. In order to differentiate language impairment from language difference based on environmental factors, participants will learn how to get away from knowledge-based testing and conduct dynamic assessment of information processing skills. We will address the issue of building oral and literate vocabulary skills in low-SES children and discuss how to build executive functioning skills as well. Increasing academic achievement and helping students in poverty meet new Common Core State Standards in language will be emphasized.

This issue of Perspectives includes research on medical aspects of practice for adults from CLD backgrounds. The following will be covered: (a) ethnogeriatrics and its application to Speech-Language Pathology, (b) access to services for patients with aphasia, and (c) differences in tube feeding decision making.

This program focuses on core principles and procedures that guide valid language assessments with developing bilingual children aged 3-12. Developing bilinguals are operationally defined within the U.S. as children who have consistent experiences with languages other than, or in addition to, English.

This issue of Perspectives includes research on narratives in preschool and school-age children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The following topics are covered: (a) administration of narrative assessment and intervention strategies in a Response to Intervention (RTI) model as a way to provide explicit language instruction and monitor language growth, and (b) how bilingualism influences preschool grammaticality in children who are enrolled versus not enrolled in daycare.

This issue of Perspectives provided information on how clinicians can improve accent modification treatment, and how brain research applies to accent modification. The following topics were covered: (a) pronunciation training needs for Chinese and Korean interpreters, (b) motor skill learning when considering accent modification, (c) accent modification for healthcare workers in the United States, and (d) differential approaches for consonants and vowels in accent modification services.

This issue focuses on best practice during an assessment of internationally adopted children, the implementation of new born hearing screenings in developing countries, collaboration with Nicaraguan preschools, and the need for educational guidelines for the prevention of noise induced hearing loss in young adults worldwide.

This issue of Perspectives provides information on how clinicians’ perspectives on racial
privilege may affect practice, as well as the status of Asian American and Pacific
Islander (AAPI) students in gifted and special education programs. The following will be
covered: a) the concept of White privilege and its relation to treatment, b) education of
Speech-Language Pathology students on racial privilege, and c) AAPI students’
overrepresentation in gifted education and underrepresentation in special education, and
how White privilege disadvantages students of color in the United States.

This issue of Perspectives is focused on issues regarding cultural considerations for older adults. Articles address the evolving definition of cultural and cultural competence; older adult’s use of technology; culture, race, and socioeconomic status as factors for end of life decision-making in older African Americans; and the unique cultural cohort of rural older Americans. Articles focus on challenges faced by different cultural cohorts and the professionals serving these groups. Articles offer suggestions for practicing with increased cultural competence and cultural fluency.

This issue of SIG 14’s Perspectives provides information on the concept of language
confusion, as well as assessment and intervention information on bilingual people who
stutter and use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices. Authors
discuss (a) evidence to debunk the myth of language confusion in bilingual children with
communication disorders, (b) assessment and intervention of young bilingual children
who stutter, and (c) the production accuracy of Spanish speech synthesis voices on AAC
devices.

This issue of Perspectives focuses on clinicians’ use of technology when addressing the health and communication needs of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) populations. The authors discuss (a) the application of a variety of technologies to practice with CLD populations, (b) telepractice between an SLP and a Vietnamese-speaking mother and child, and (c) African American mothers’ perceptions of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) use with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders.

This issue of Perspectives begins with a welcome message and an invitation from our SIG 17 Coordinator. The authors go on to concentrate on ethical considerations in volunteer tourism in a global context; connections across professions linking West Africa and the United States; Multicultural Intensive Speech-Language Therapy Intervention Clinic (MISTIC) as a program with an international collaboration involving Mexico and the United States; the ethnic characteristics of participants involved in international research; and increasing family literacy activities in a school in Mexico.

SLPs are faced with meeting the needs of children with a vast array of disorders, diseases, and syndromes. Some of these conditions are caused by maltreatment or exposure to neurotoxins. Understanding the underlying problems and possible effects is an essential step to providing appropriate services to children and their families. This issue of Perspectives focuses on the effects of environmental toxins on speech and language development, as well as genetic causes or contributions to communication disorders.

This issue of Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Populations focuses on reading skills in children from Spanish-speaking backgrounds and health beliefs in culturally competent clinicians.

In this issue of Perspectives, we begin with a welcome column from the new SIG 17 coordinator. The issue further concentrates on communication disorders in Ethiopia, speech-language pathology in the Peace Corps, autism services in Ecuador, and an audiologist’s experience in India. It concludes with a description of an international research collaboration model.

Explore the science behind accent modification services, and learn to create comprehensive evaluations of foreign-accented speech in adults (15 years and older) who are learning English as a second language. This program presents current research and provides an overview of the elements needed for a thorough assessment, including professional terminology. Interact with content through audio case studies and self-assessment activities.

Discover the patterns of grammar development in young Spanish-speaking children between the ages of 2 and 5. This seminar addresses ways in which language contact situations may affect Spanish-speaking children’s grammatical development. Strategies for developing sound assessment procedures for Spanish grammar in young children (both typical and atypical learners) are presented.

It is more important than ever for speech-language pathologists to facilitate native language development in English language learners. This self-study outlines principles and factors to consider when planning intervention programs—such as cultural identity, academic achievement, and home communication.

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